Development of Ultra Speed, resilient, cost-effective LiFi-based Free Space Optical Communication to connect Hospitals Departments -clinics and home care patients for next generation Hospitals

Project Information

lifiFSO

Grant agreement ID: 101162647

DOI

10.3030/101162647

Project closed

EC signature date 14 February 2024

Start date 1 June 2024

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• Widening participation and spreading excellence

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 177 251,52

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA TA MALTA
Malta

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

The Data Management Plan describes the data management life cyclefor all data sets that will be collected, processed or generated by the action. It is adocument describing what data will be collected, processed or generated andfollowing what methodology and standards, whether and how this data will beshared and/or made open, and how it will be curated and preserved.

Documents, reports (1)

Communication, Dissemination & Exploitation Plan

The plan describes the planned measures to maximize the impact ofthe project, including the dissemination and exploitation measures that are planned,and the target group(s) addressed. Regarding communication measures and publicengagement strategy, the aim is to inform and reach out to society and show theactivities performed, and the use and the benefits the project will have for citizens.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Design and optimization of a Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication system for reliable outdoor connectivity in hospital departments in Malta

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Lalit Garg, Peter A. Xuereb, Ahmad Atieh
Published in: Open Research Europe, Issue 5, 2026, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
DOI: 10.12688/OPENRESEUROPE.21257.3

Design and performance evaluation of a green LED OFDM LiFi system for an electromagnetic interference sensitive hospital network

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Lalit Garg, Ahmad Atieh, Peter A. Xuereb
Published in: Discover Computing, Issue 29, 2026, ISSN 2948-2992
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10791-026-09906-0

A LiFi-based innovative 6G solution for hospitals using green wavelength, directly modulated laser

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Peter A. Xuereb, Lalit Garg
Published in: Discover Applied Sciences, Issue 8, 2026, ISSN 3004-9261
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S42452-025-08154-Z

Optimizing direct-modulated laser LiFi systems for hospital environments through simulation-driven analysis of BER, SNR, and Q-factor performance

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Lalit Garg, Peter A. Xuereb
Published in: Open Research Europe, Issue 6, 2026, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: F1000 Research Ltd
DOI: 10.12688/OPENRESEUROPE.21605.2

Conference proceedings (4)

Enhancing Hospital Security and Patient Monitoring Through WhoFi-Inspired LiFi Channel Sensing with Privacy Preservation

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Lalit Garg, Peter Albert Xuereb
Published in: 2026 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Computing in Engineering, Communications, Sciences and Biomedical Health Informatics (IC3ECSBHI), 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IC3ECSBHI67834.2026.11469098

Evaluating the Impact of Snow on Free Space Optical Communication Using Artificial Neural Networks for BER Prediction

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Peter Albert Xuereb, Lalit Garg
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Cognitive Computing in Engineering, Communications, Sciences and Biomedical Health Informatics (IC3ECSBHI), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IC3ECSBHI63591.2025.10991099

Integration of Li-Fi and IoT for Sixth-Generation (6G) Communication Systems

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Peter Albert Xuereb, Lalit Garg
Published in: 2024 International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovation for Sustainability (EmergIN), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EMERGIN63207.2024.10961777

ANN-Based Dynamic AP Selection for Seamless LiFi Handover in Hospitals

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Lalit Garg, Peter Albert Xuereb
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Innovation for Sustainability (EmergIN), 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EMERGIN67762.2025.11450856

Book chapters (3)

Artificial Neural Network-Based Prediction of the Atmospheric Attenuation and Scattering Coefficient at 1550 nm for Optical Wireless System in Foggy Atmosphere

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Peter Albert Xuereb, Lalit Garg
Published in: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Soft Computing: Theories and Applications, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5955-5_2

Investigating the impact of haze on FSO system for beyond 5G connectivity in Malta

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Peter Albert Xuereb, Lalit Garg, Sanmukh Kaur
Published in: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in 5G and Internet of Things, 2025
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003532521-97

Comparative Analysis of LiFi and WiFi for Energy Efficiency, Carbon Reduction, and Green Technology in Sustainable Hospital Environments

Author(s): Ajay Sharma, Lalit Garg, Peter Albert Xuereb
Published in: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Sixth Congress on Intelligent Systems, 2026
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-18144-2_7